After worshipping all the Buddha halls, I also visited the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, watched Tallinn, and finally watched the fist and foot performance of the eighteen Arhats of Shaolin, and everyone was empty.

The food in Shaolin Temple tastes average, and there is no such thing as wine and meat.

Shen Mengxi was only two hundred guards, Shaolin Temple could not afford to supply grain and grass, so he deliberately brought a few carts of grain and grass, and now, listening to the bell sound on the pagoda, it seems that when he eats the food in his mouth, he has a different taste. The children are all psychologists, the most observant, they know exactly when they can be presumptuous, when they should be restrained, the most naughty Jane is behaving in the temple, and they don't make trouble with the children of the Qian family.

After the meal, Shen Mengxi took a nap and asked Qingfeng to find a little novice and said that he wanted to meet Abbot Hui'an alone.

A quarter of an hour later, she was led from the novice to Hui An's monastery, where Hui An folded together at the door to greet her.

This is a separate Zen courtyard, surrounded by blue brick courtyard walls, there are several large trees in the courtyard, the meditation room is a wooden building, surrounded by a corridor, the corridor ground is very clean, there are traces of water in the distance, apparently just finished cleaning, not yet dry.

Shen Qi and Qingfeng stopped in front of the porch under the steps, a small novice opened the wooden sliding door, and invited Shen Mengxi to enter, Shen Mengxi removed his shoes on the side of the steps, stepped on the corridor, and walked in slowly.

This zhang room, is really a square Zen room, the furnishings are simple, a case, two futons, the wall is a Buddhist shrine, the corner of the wall is a low bookshelf. Nothing else.

The novice served the tea and withdrew.

"I wonder what happened to the princess?" Hui An asked straight to the point.

"I want to hear you talk about what it means to be in a past life, this life, and a future life." The sentences of the two are ancient and modern, and they seem to say their own words.

"Princess, do you know what is the core of my Zen Buddhism?"

For Zen Buddhism, Shen Mengxi knows very little, travel to Japan to see everywhere are selling Bodhidharma Buddha statues and tumblers of shops, a question only to know that Japanese Buddhism is imported from China, they respect Bodhidharma through seven disasters and eight tribulations, facing the wall for nine years of indomitable spirit, at the beginning of each year to ask for a Bodhidharma mascot, but are used to pray for wealth, smooth promotion. In China, her understanding of Buddhism is probably that the temple burns sky-high incense, the old lady recites Amitabha Buddha to seek the elimination of all diseases, the future life of great wealth and wealth, and the major temples become scenic spots to sell tickets and fees, before going to Japan, I didn't know Zen Buddhism.

"Straight to the heart?" She only vaguely remembered this sentence.

"Yes. If you don't set up a written word, don't pass it on outside the church; Pointing directly to people's hearts, seeing nature and becoming a Buddha. In other words, if you do not rely on Buddhist scriptures and rely on your own perception to experience the Buddha's principles, as long as you realize the Buddha-nature of your own mind, you will enter the realm of Buddhahood. ”

"Epiphany?" Shen Mengxi muttered to himself.

"In fact, several times of life and several times of death, life and death are endless, since the epiphany of lifeless, in all the glory and disgrace, everything in the world is vain, no life and death, no change. Mount Tai, the head of the five mountains, cannot be said to be non-existent because someone has not seen it; But, on the contrary, for someone who has never heard of or seen Mount Tai, Mount Tai really doesn't exist! ”

Shen Mengxi thought for a moment and nodded.

"This world, it's not a hell you don't know. In the world, if you feel bitter, it is bitter, and if you feel happy, it is happy. If you say it's a past life, it's a past life, and if you say it's this life, it's this life. To live is to die, and to die is to live. There is no definition of life and death. ”

Yes, people may always have more suffering and less happiness, who knows if this is the first layer of hell. Shen Mengxi was silent for a long time, and then asked, "Master, can ants see people?" ”

Hui An was a little surprised, she didn't understand the meaning of her question, she thought for a moment and said, "They shouldn't be able to see it, but they must know that there are 'people'." ”

"Are people like ants?" She wondered if anyone could really control other people's lives.

Hui An smiled, folded his hands and recited the Buddha's name, laughing without saying a word.

Seeing Shen Mengxi looking at him persistently and waiting for an answer, he said: "Big is small, life is death, people, if you can prove yourself, you can have less troubles." The princess is already lucky, so why bother! ”

Shen Mengxi and Hui'an looked at each other, and the old monk said ambiguous words from beginning to end.

His skin is smooth and delicate, and he is truly childish.

His eyes were black and pure, but there was also rejection written on them.

The monks are the most unrecognizable to their six relatives, and they are extremely ruthless, not to mention being a living person, looking at Hui'an's attitude of neither humility nor arrogance, probably for the royal family, for Emperor Wu's mother and daughter.

Shen Mengxi nodded, got up and left.

- In this world, there is no same troubles and happiness, and there is no real empathy. You still have to take responsibility for your own affairs and solve them by yourself.

This is true compassion.

******

When I arrived in Bianzhou, it was already seven days later.

This Bianzhou is Kaifeng.

"There is a Bao Qingtian in Kaifeng, the iron mask is selfless and loyal and traitorous, the heroes of the rivers and lakes come to help, the dynasty and Ma Han are by their side, when they are dangdang, they are dangdang!" Shen Mengxi looked at the city gate with a smile, knocked lightly on the table, and hummed.

I suddenly remembered KFC's Kaifeng dish and hamburger, and decided to eat a meat bun today.

Lu'er didn't know what her mother was laughing at, but when she sang, she giggled and laughed like silver bells.

This time, Shen Mengxi and his entourage lived in the Bianzhou Thorn Shi You Chongwen Mansion, the Thorn Shi Mansion opened the door directly to the north from the fang wall, occupying most of the mile, You Thorn Shi specially vacated three houses for Shen Mengxi and his party, and properly arranged accommodation for the guards.

This assassin looks like he is forty-five years old at most, but he is actually fifty-five years old, he is not tall, but he is very healthy, walks with the wind, speaks cheerfully, and has a very military style. Five years ago, when he attacked Tibet, he made great achievements. Mrs. Thorn Shi's surname is Yan, she is a chubby woman, she looks a lot older than You Thorn Shi, but when she dresses up, her clothes, hairstyle, and makeup are the most fashionable in Luoyang.

Seeing Shen Mengxi, You Tingshi and his wife made a big salute, and then greeted the concubine, Di Renjie and others, which was a good feeling.

You Thorn Shi set up a banquet to welcome the princess that night, the climate is refreshing at this time, the waterfront banquet building of the Thorn Mansion, the south side is wide open, the guests can watch the dance while drinking, the courtyard is 500 square meters, the square brick pavement, near the front steps of the building under the exotic style of the large carpet, more than a dozen high-nosed and deep-eyed dancers are dancing the pipa dance coolly. There are also more than a dozen musicians sitting on the side playing music.

Shen Mengxi sat on the main seat, on both sides were Di Renjie and Qian Shikang and his wife, You Tingshi and Mrs. Yan sat west to east to accompany each other, and a long history and his wife were east to west to accompany guests. There was also a Sima and his wife sitting below. In the side hall next to the main hall, there is also a banquet, and it is You Tingshi's son-in-law and grandson who come forward to entertain Yin'er, Jian'er and the Qian brothers. Yu'er and Lu'er girls did not attend, and were accompanied by You Tingshi's granddaughter in the back garden, drinking tea and throwing pots and playing swings.